So it's seems that the RWNJ's have finally taken over the Discussionist board.

[hadEnuf]

Most progressives and liberals are hidden at will for little or nothing, while the Cons spew practically whatever they want. Appeals and reviews go unanswered and by looking at the thread titles in Politics and News, there seems to be only a scant few that are not RW Freeper insanity.

I realize that many view Discussionist as a toilet, but it is a DU sponsored board and it's a shame to see it made into a mockery by the lowest of the low.

I sometimes wonder how long this embarrassment will continue?

[hlthe2b]

1. I doubt most DUers have gone over there for years. I know I haven't

as it has long been as you describe. It does disappoint me, but guess it is Skinner's ultimate decision.

[onecaliberal]

11. I never did after hearing folks here talk about it

[anneboleyn]

15. Me either - I've never visited it as from all I've heard here it didn't sound like my cup of tea

[nikibatts]

21. The BOTS are taking over. Realize!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. I took a look at it shortly after it first opened,

and have never been back again. Once was enough.

And from what I've occasionally heard about it, I agree that it's a shame it's sponsored by DU.

[NCTraveler]

3. "I sometimes wonder how long this embarrassment will continue? "

Haven't been there since it was first created. Therefore it is not an embarrassment to me as it is to you.

Then again, I don't often feel personally embarrassed for people I don't know or read.

[hadEnuf]

6. It's not an embarrasment to me personally.

Allowing RWNJ's to ruin a board connected to DU is the point.

[NCTraveler]

8. They haven't ruined DU.

At all.

[hadEnuf]

9. Of course not.

Most of them were instantly booted from here a long time ago.

[NCTraveler]

13. "Most of them"

[Orrex]

20. You know I can tell when you're talking about me, right?

[NCTraveler]

24. I keep a close eye out for people...

who show their babushka's in public.

[Gothmog]

62. LOL

[Cha]

51. lol

[Wounded Bear]

4. I joined for a while...

but when I had a computer crash that axed some of my passwords, I didn't try to go back.

[Billy Jingo]

5. It has been a troll site for some time, now

It is cool to read Russian propaganda, though.

[TreasonousBastard]

7. I've been over there and had some fun, but it's an uphill battle...

Post that the sky is blue and at least three wingnuts will argue that there's a cloud in the northwest so you're an ignorant liberal.

After a while, it just wears you down. They have unlimited time and energy. Either they're all unemployed, or they're paid to post. Could be bots, too. One guy has admitted on another board that he posts there under four names.

The simple truth is that it's a game that is not worth playing. There is no prize, and you don't even learn anything new. Just a blaze of insults.

[hadEnuf]

12. Very true.

[TheBlackAdder]

10. Should be a good place to pick up newly hatched conspiracies and talking points. I can't stomach it.

.

One has to put themselves in the mindset of a severely ignorant and uneducated 12-year-old first.

.

[Gothmog]

63. I had never heard of anti-fa, Seth Rich or the Evelyn Farkas without that site

These idiots are glad to post the latest conspiracy theories from RWNJ websites. It is really sad but funny.

[Kali]

14. I am FFR over there.

I enjoy playing with the wingers and morons. There are even a couple righties that can be civil and I particularly miss being able to chat with them. One is in the hospital right now and I wish I could post something to cheer him up or at least a hang-in-there bit of encouragement.

The funny thing is the 5 hides that got me in this position were mostly lame snarky replies to random threads. Not one of the 5 had anything to do with the idiot troll I usually get into it with (and that most of my hides both here and over there usually came from).

Burns my ass a little! To get tossed off that site with only 2 ever time-outs and that twit who has been on more vacations than anybody and had more hidden posts gets to stay? Sheesh!

I miss being able to post EarlG's Pic of the Moments over there. Fun to watch them swarm attack and be completely unable to discuss or refute the point.

[hadEnuf]

22. And that's what I mean by the RWNJ's taking over.

They seem to have a lock on the jury system there to shut down any opposing posts they don't like, effectively allowing them to "run" the place. There is very little discussion anymore, it's just a RW echo chamber.

The Right is known for ruining boards by doing stuff like this and I just think it's kind of embarrassing to allow it to continue.

(On edit: I'm not saying it should be shut down, just fixed a bit)

[Kali]

25. yeah, I guess.

Fits in with the whole "shitting in our nest" world view many of them have. My way or ruin it for everyone.

Poor insulated delicate flowers that can't handle a little push-back.

[hadEnuf]

26. "Poor insulated delicate flowers that can't handle a little push-back."

Yes, and that's why they have to cheat and rig everything.

[Kali]

43. message for mountain douche

you can't alert when you are flagged. god you are such an unfunny moron.

[beaglelover]

46. He really SUCKS doesn't he??? LOL!!!!!!

[Orrex]

16. I thought Discussionist was a support group for out-of-control coprophages

So, I was right?

[hadEnuf]

23. In many cases I think you are correct.

[Aristus]

17. I lasted a couple of days after registering my DU user name (so no one else could use it)

and then quit. Haven't been back there in a couple of years. Life is too short...

[HughBeaumont]

18. "Finally taken over"

Discussionist has been an AnCap/small gubmint nutjob shithouse from jump. Randroids from all sides of Galt's Gulch pollute that place.

[Leith]

19. I Stopped Going After the November Hacking

I look in every month or so just to verify that it is still the vermin infested shithole it always has been.

It is.

Life is too short to make oneself the target of obnoxious schoolyard bullies, so I didn't sign up again.

I've suggested several times that it be shut down. I really don't understand why it hasn't been.

[Hoyt]

27. Proud to have been banned from the Discussionist for calling ignorant white wing racists, just that.

[hadEnuf]

28. Good for you!

You always did seem to get under their..scales.

[SQUEE]

29. I am certain it was actually for using a sock.

Right?

[Hoyt]

31. No Squee, the "sock" was to get back one more time after I had already been banned to tell you guys

goodbye.

[SQUEE]

32. So it is true.

And one post huh?

yes that is worth

[Hoyt]

34. Yes, Sqee, I felt it my obligation to tell ignorant white wing racists to go screw themselves.

[SQUEE]

41. okie dokie.

[geek tragedy]

30. Storing trolls off-site makes a lot of sense. nt

[hadEnuf]

35. Sure it makes sense to keep the lowlife riff-raff out of a dedicated democratic forum like DU.

But allowing the Cons to flood Discussionist, hijack the jury system and then railroad practically every opposing poster out the door sure isn't helping those who want to fight the good fight over there.

[geek tragedy]

36. the good fight isn't over there. it's a bad, stupid, time-wasting fight nt

[pintobean]

45. Lol. DU is swarming with trolls.

[seaglass]

33. I pop in once a month or so and it bores me to tears. The only value there is the entertainment

value of darkangel getting her ass handed to her.

[Gothmog]

37. The conservatives on that board are amusing

[brokephibroke]

39. Yeah, if you like watching third graders and foreign trolls...

[brokephibroke]

38. It has become a romper room for CONS

No discussion, just name calling, talking point regurgitation and childishness. And as pointed out, a hyjacked jury system used to eliminate the sane.

[BumRushDaShow]

40. It became a honeypot

for some of the filth that would infest DU but now it's become a more modern version of RimJob's FReeper site.

[hadEnuf]

47. It was also good for people who wanted to take the fight to them

and confront their bullshit face to face in a somewhat fair forum, vs. going to their filthy RW controlled forums where any opposing voice is instantly banned.

But yes, unfortunately Discussionist has now become a RW run forum like FreakRepublik.

[BumRushDaShow]

49. Well yeah

it started out as a more "open, free-wheeling" political forum that was not restricted to "support of the Democratic Party" (which is what the TOS for DU states). However there is a certain type of person, IMHO, who can live off of or even thrive on a steady stream of foaming-at-the-mouth anger and vile hatred, and that gets reflected in posts that eschew "discussion" and devolve into name-calling.

[AgadorSparticus]

42. I took a peek over there and it was like FR. I made a beeline for the for the door

I left before before I could get slimed on. Yuck!!

[Blaukraut]

44. If I had convictions, I wouldn't host a board like that - but that's just me

Other people have different priorities, or they don't care where the advertising dollars come from.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

48. +1

[Warren DeMontague]

53. And yet, here you are.

Supporting "those kinds" of people, no?

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

59. +1

[MrScorpio]

50. Yeah, the wingers there are almost as bad as the goatfuckers in the "Cave."

They're not quite as bad with the goatfuckery, for sure, but it does look as if they're started to get comfortable with sheepfuckery and are working their way down from there.

I can't remember the last time I posted there, but I seriously doubt that I'd ever have reason to go back.

I've already got from that site what I've wanted.

[Hekate]

55. Clearly it's been a way to separate the sheep from the goats, poor things

[Gothmog]

64. You had some great threads on DI

[Warren DeMontague]

52. Ask the administrators.

No, seriously. Here you go.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1259

Bear in mind that people have been stomping their feet and "demanding" that that place be shut down, since the first week it opened.

Personally, I found its entertainment value ran out pretty quickly, and no, I don't have any desire to waste my time arguing with far right trolls.

That said, I also don't give a shit if the admins of this place want to let DU's rejects run up ad revenue for them over there.

[Major Nikon]

56. It was kinda funny for a while to listen to the rejects' whining about getting the boot

...but that shit got old really quick.

I get the part about making ad revenue, but I'm not convinced it's a great idea to give the racist shitstains a soapbox to spew garbage they are obviously too scared shitless to say publicly for fear of getting their asses handed to them.

[Warren DeMontague]

57. I'm not gonna pretend to know what varietals of ugly gibberish are being spewed there, now

Most people spotted my handle pretty quickly over there.. im obvious, lol-- but i dont even think ive reset my password so i think im locked out. Not banned, just not interested enough to fix it.

[Hekate]

54. Can't even remember the name I registered under. It was fun for about 2 minutes.

Not my decision to create it, not my problem if it continues to exist in its little alt-universe.

[Warren DeMontague]

58. That is identical to my take.

[Foamfollower]

60. And nearly taken over this board masquerading as liberals.

[JI7]

61. it's about making money. and you would be better off setting up a table and registering voters

than any time spent there if your goal is to help real life politics.